Ashley Nichole Brown

*** ********** *****

Wallace, NC 28466

910-***-****

wjuk4m@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

To acquire a position as an Intensive In-Home Team Lead in order to provide supportive counseling to children/adolescents/groups to therefore increase their quality of life through crisis intervention, behavioral and/or substance abuse treatment, and disease management while focusing on the person centered plan.

EDUCATION

BS in Applied Sociology with a concentration in Marriage and Family, 2007

East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

•East Carolina University Honor Roll, 2005-2007

•East Carolina University Natural Hazards Research Undergraduate Assistant, 2006

•Alpha Kappa Delta (International Honor Society for Sociology), 2006-2007

Masters of Social Work, 2012

East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

•Substance Abuse Certificate

•Golden Key International Honor Society Member, 2010

•Alzheimer’s Awareness Group, Employment Based Internship, 2010

•ACT Medical Group, Psychotherapy, Employment Based Internship, 2011-2012

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Carolina East Home Care and Hospice, Kenansville, NC (August 2012-present)

Social Worker

•Provide medical social work to terminally ill patients, as well as, caregivers and families

•Complete admission process and corresponding paperwork for in home and center services

•Responsible for initial, bereavement, psychosocial, spiritual and financial assessments as deemed appropriate

•Complete suicide risk and abuse/neglect assessments on a monthly basis for each patient

•Provide supportive counseling services to hospice patients and their families as necessary

•Assist with financial assistance, advanced directives, medical and legal power of attorneys/wills, as well as, long term care placement

•Act as a liaison between families, patients, medical director, and interdisciplinary team

•Responsible for completing daily time log and mileage reports

Mt. Olive Care and Rehabilitation Center, Mt. Olive, NC (November 2009-August 2012)

Social Services Director

•Act as a liaison between families, residents, doctors, interdisciplinary team, ombudsman, and local service providers

•Supervise and mentor Social Services Assistant

•Coordinate and chair admission conferences and care plan meetings with interdisciplinary team

•Coordinate and conduct entire discharge planning process with MD directly

•Initiate home health and hospice services with outside agencies

•Provide prescription and equipment needs through local pharmacies, set up follow up appointments

•Responsible for receiving/resolving grievances and maintaining grievance log/reports

•Work directly with MD daily to assure that resident’s needs are being met

•Provide support, counseling, and education to residents/families to assist them in achieving their goals

•Initiate, coordinate and implement ACT Medical Group services for residents with psychological needs

•Daily stand-up meetings, completing of assessments/reports, care plans, progress notes

Mary Gran Nursing Center, Clinton, NC (October 2007-November 2009)

Social Worker

•Acted as a liaison between families, residents, psychologist, psychiatrist, hospitals, social service agencies, and physicians

•Coordinated and chaired resident admission conferences, Family Councils/Resident Councils

•Conducted resident/family conferences as deemed appropriate

•Provided support, counseling, and education to residents to assist them in achieving their goals

•Created an interdisciplinary care plan for each resident and coordinated care plan conferences with residents, families, and staff

•Coordinated and conducted discharge planning

•Maintained assessments, care plans, progress notes

LICENSURE

•Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate

oLicense # P007696

oReceived 2012, Expires 10/31/14

ACHIEVEMENTS

•MDS Seminar-Division of Medical Assistance, 2008

•Mary Gran Nursing Center- Employee of the Month- November 2008

•Mary Gran Nursing Center Safety Committee, 2007-2009

•Family Choice Award Recipient, 2010

•Dementia Management: Advanced Skills for the Health Care Practitioner

oCertificate of Completion, 2010

•Continuing Education Training: Brain Injury and Behavioral Effects; Role of SW in Prison

oCertificate of Completion, 2011

•Hospice: The Basics

oCertificate of Completion, 2012

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